adverb
1. : across the fiber of the wood
2. : counter to one's inclination, disposition, or feelings
the check he had imposed upon himself in the chapel, against the grain — Margery Bailey
adverb
1. : across the fiber of the wood
2. : counter to one's inclination, disposition, or feelings
the check he had imposed upon himself in the chapel, against the grain — Margery Bailey
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012